Hi, guys, I'm from ukraine, and I found a solution.I found phone repairman that replaced old battery with new one - it cheap (it some standart phone baterry - about 10$ with costs of work) and made in china, perhaps, and it 750 mAh instead 970, but it works perfectly! I use player for 4 days now, and it still has charge! So, I looked inside and I found that he stripped new battery from its wrappage (to fit it in), brazed old wires to connect it to chip and it works! Tomorrow i will see him and find out what battery (from what telephone) that is and post it there, but I think it isn't difficult to achieve wherever you are, cause that guy did it for the first time and I know that he isn't skillfull in telephones, he can only do the usuall stuff. So try to do that way in your city.
I'll post battery properties later, but this is my email if I forgot or you will need some other help: coolcathard2get on Gmail.
This is how it looks now: http://xmages.net/show.php/2693849_003-jpg.html
This is a great player, I use it for 4 years now, it never failed me (apart from battery life) and it worth effort. Good luck!

Hi guys,
after two years it seems our prayers have been listened to.
Part number: PPSB0510A
And a store that sells it:http://www.akkucity.com/DE/batteryli...%20iPOD%20Akku
OF COURSE there is something not perfect: now the dimensions are 50X30X6... but 1mm in height should not be the problem (lenght and width are OK).
And OF COURSE I didn't buy it yet (and don't know if I will), but I hope this can help someone in the meanwhile

I don't know.... I guess sooner or later I'll just make a big order on samsungparts.com or samsungonderdelen.com. It's more expensive but then I'm sure to get original and working parts.
I have so many players, I could buy batteries and other spare parts for other Samsung players at the same time